Curling-tool



(No Model.) B. WESTERVELT.

GURLI-NG TOOL.

No. 495,765. Patented Apr. 18, 1893.

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BERTHA WESTERVELT, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CURLING-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,765, dated April 18. 1893- Application led April 29, l 8 9 Z.

To all whom t may concern:

Be itknown that LBERTHA Wns'rERvELT, a citizen oi' the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curling-Tools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in tools for the curling of hair, in which the parts are telescopically arranged, and the invention consists of one or more curling combs adapted to be forced from a sleeve or sheath in a hollow handle, and the stems or shanks of the combs being provided with a suitable means, such as a springor its equivalent, adapted to exert a pressure against the inner surface of the sleeve or sheath,whereby the curling comb can not by its own weight drop back into its sleeve, but which admits of the comb being forced back into the sleeve by hand, when necessary.

The invention further consists of certain othernovel arrangements and combinations ot parts, such as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which similar letters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views thereof.

in said views, Figure 1 is a side view of the curling tool provided with two oppositely arranged sliding curling combs. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the device, with one of the combs pulled out its entire length from the sheath or sleeve, and the handle portion being represented in section. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the handle and sheath or sleeve, the two curling combs being represented in side elevation and clearly illustrating the arrangement of spiral spring in the stems or shanks of the combs. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the curling tool, taken in a plane at right angles to the serial No. 431,118. or@ mossi.)

plane of section in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side view of a curling tool provided with but one curling comb, and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical section ofthe same.

In said drawings, ci isatubular handle preferably made of Wood, and provided with one or more longitudinally arranged slots or sawcuts a', and sliding freely within said hollow handle is a metallic sleeve or sheath b provided with a bore extending entirely Ithrough the same, which is formed at its opposite ends with the beads or turned over edges b which act as stops to limit the movement of said sheath within the handle and to prevent its entirewithdrawaltherefrom. Projectingfrom one end of said sleeve, as in Figs. 5 and 6, or projecting from the opposite ends thereof, as in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, are arranged the rods or shanks c, provided with teeth c, substan tially as shown. Each rod c is provided with a pin cznear its inner end, the progecting ends of which extend into the longitudinally arranged slots h2 and h3 in said sleeve or sheath b, as will be seen from Figs. 3,4 and wherebythe movement of the rod or rods c is limited, and the teeth constituting the comb are retained in their same vertical positions. The shank or rod c of each curling comb may be provided with one or more holes c3 extending;

from side to side of the shank, in which may be placed a suitable spring d, or its equivalent, to exert a pressure against the inner sides of the sheath or sleeve b, whereby the comb will be properly retained in its withdrawn position and will not drop or slide back into the sheath or sleeve unless pushed back by hand.

From the figures of the drawings it will be seen that when the rod c is forced into the sleeve b,its teeth pass into the slots h3, as will be seen from Fig. 4, said teeth at the saine time extending down through the correspondingly placed slots a in the hollow handle.

When I use more than one rod c in one curling tool, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, the teeth on said rods may be of varying lengths, one rod being provided with long teeth and the other rod with shorter teeth, whereby the tool can be conveniently used for curling either the long front hair by means of the long teeth and the shorter side hair by means of the short teeth', as will be understood.

Of course it will be evident that the sheath or sleeve b may be dispensed with and the rods c made to slide directly within the hollow handle, provided, however, that said rod or s hank is provided with one or more of the springs 0l, which forms one of the most important features of my present invention.

It will also be understood that I may use dlerent forms of springs, as for instance, a flat spring may be used, which can be attached to one or both sides of the rod o, to exert the required pressure to maintain the curling comb in its withdrawn position.

Having thus described my invention,wl1at I claim is- 1. A curling tool comprising therein, a hollow handle, asheath or sleeve within said handle provided. with stops, at each end, and a sliding comb within said sheath, said comb having a shank in said sheath provided with one or more perforations and a coiled spring or sprlngs, therein adapted to exert a pressure against the inner sides of said sheath, substantlally as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A curling tool comprising therein a hollow handle and two curling combs adapted to sllde within said hollow handle and made to progect therefrom at the opposite ends of the said handle, each comb being provided witha shank, provided with one or more perforas tions, and coiled springs therein adapted to exert a pressure against the inner sides of said handle, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A curling tool comprising therein a hollow handle, a tubular sleeve in Said handle provided with stops at its free ends and curling combs adapted to slide within said sleeve and made to project from one or both ends of said sleeve, each comb being provided with a shank, provided with one or more perforations and coiled springs therein adapted to exert a pressure against the inner sides of said sleeve, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A curling tool comprising therein a hollow handle, a tubular sleeve sliding in said handle provided with stops, two curling combs adapted to slide within said sleeve, pins secured in said rods or shanks connected with the said combs and sliding in slots or openings in said sleeve, one or more perforations in said rods, and coiled springs adapted to exert a pressure against the inner sides of said sleeve, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of April, 1892.

BERTHA wEsTERvELT.

Witnesses:

KATIE KERN, FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL. 

